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Description
Two log drivers (also known as river drivers) with tall caulked boots posed for this studio portrait. Their cheeks have been hand-colored in pink.
About This Item
- Title: Two log drivers, Bangor, ca. 1865
- Creation Date: circa 1865
- Subject Date: circa 1865
- Location: Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Tintype
- Dimensions: 8.9 cm x 5.7 cm
- Local Code: 2014.237.011
- Collection: Vickery-Shettleworth collection of early Maine photography
- Object Type: Image
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- Boots
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- Paper industry
- Portrait photographs
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- River drivers
- River driving
- Sawmills
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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